An online survey in June asked UW-Madison students to describe their experiences looking for off-campus housing for the 2023-24 academic year. The survey, conducted by newly elected District 8 Ald. MGR Govindarajan, who represents much of the campus area on the City Council and is himself a rising senior at UW-Madison, received over 1,700 responses.
August 16, 2023
Top Stories
Research
UW-Madison professor Dr. Steve Cho lauds new prostate cancer therapy, notes shortages of needed radioisotopes
While some radiopharmaceuticals have been utilized in thyroid cancer treatment for decades, new radiation drugs are showing promise in many other areas, according to Dr. Steve Cho, a professor and section chief of the nuclear medicine section of the Department of Radiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health.
Bill would ban high-risk research in Wisconsin aimed at preparing for new pathogens
Research that makes pathogens more dangerous or likely to spread would be banned at Wisconsin colleges and universities under a bill proposed by Republican state legislators, who point to incidents and controversy involving bird flu studies at UW-Madison.
Higher Education/System
UW System recognizes Kwik Trip for partnership
The UW System Regents Business Partnership Award recognizes collaborations between businesses and universities. It also honors the impact these relationships have on campuses, communities and the state.
Longtime agriculture program moves to UW-River Falls
The Farming and Industry Short Course is moving to UW-River Falls after over a century at UW-Madison.
State news
Wisconsin GOP chairman named in latest Georgia Trump indictment
“I don’t think that means anything for him. What this is, is a lengthy statement of facts of things that occurred to try to establish “look at all these people that Trump and the Trump team talked to. Look at the extent of what they were uh trying to do,” University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Ryan Owens said.
Crime and safety
UW-Madison IT employee facing child pornography charges
A technology specialist for UW-Madison is accused of watching and downloading pornographic videos of young girls.
Health
Now is the time to transition bedtimes from summer to school schedule, doctors say
Dr. Steve Barczi, a professor of medicine at UW Health, said making a few small changes during the weeks leading up to the school year will go a long way.
“Most people project that if you can even just shift a child’s bedtime by maybe 15 minutes everyday or a couple days, until you move them back let’s say that hour that they need to be back to be able to be prepared for school, that’s a good gauge,” Barczi said.
Athletics
Report indicates Badgers game in October will air exclusively on Peacock streaming service
That’s part of a new agreement with the Big Ten that offers a small number of games exclusively on the platform. Yes, you’ll need a subscription to watch the Badgers in your home that week.
Wisconsin halfback who helped Badgers reach their first Rose Bowl dies
Former University of Wisconsin halfback Harland Carl shared the spotlight in the Badgers backfield with a Heisman Trophy winner before playing a season in the NFL, then embarking on a career in coaching and business.
Wisconsin volleyball among nation’s best in AVCA top 25 poll
The Badgers were ranked No. 2, one slot behind top-ranked Texas. UW received seven first-place votes, fewer than No. 3-ranked Stanford, but the Badgers’ 1,489 total points narrowly edged the Cardinal’s 1,449.
Polzin: Meet the man who helps tell Wisconsin volleyball’s best stories
It’s rare for us to write about our own in this profession, but I’m breaking that unwritten rule this time. Punz is our ace University of Wisconsin volleyball reporter at the State Journal and BadgerExtra, a freelance role he gleefully stepped into after taking a buyout and “retiring” a few years ago.
Opinion
Why is college so expensive?
The report suggests three factors that are driving the increase: exploding administrative staffs, a building boom and subsidies to athletic programs. Especially noteworthy was the finding that even as state governments slashed their support for their flagship universities, the schools continued to increase spending. They more than made up for the cuts with increases in tuition. For every one dollar in state support that was lost, these schools, on average, increased tuition and fees by $2.40.
But that apparently did not happen at UW-Madison, where tuition was frozen for about a decade. The UW was not one of the six schools that the Journal highlighted in its story, but it probably was part of the database of 50 schools that fed into the report’s median numbers.
UW Experts in the News
Maui wildfires deadliest in over a century
The Maui wildfires are the deadliest in more than a century. Volker Radeloff, associate professor, forest and wildlife ecology at UW-Madison, explains their cause and how climate change contributes to increased risk of wildfires.
Obituaries
Ada Deer, prominent Native American leader in Wisconsin, dies at 88
She was also the first Menominee citizen to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the first Native American to earn a master’s degree from Columbia University.